What type of wedding did you have?

[Tiggerlover91]

I was just on the Disney for weddings and honeymoon board reading about all the weddings. There was one thread about a couple who can't afford a Disney wedding so they are going to have a Disney at home wedding. Lots of cool ideas such as: Disney wedding cake toppers, flower girls throwing pixie dust instead of flowers, music at the reception is all Disney songs, the ring bearer carrying pillows that say SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME (isn't that romantic??!!), at the reception tables are named after Disney resorts or Disney couples instead of having numbers, all kinds of neat things like that.

So how did you tie the knot?

For DH and I it was in a courthouse. I was planning something "big", but with his orders changing numerous times, it just wasn't possibe. I wouldn't go back and change a thing though, I got to marry the man of my dreams and 15 years later we are still together. We've been married 12 of those 15 years. :
We are going to renew or vows for our 15th wedding anniversary and we've decided to do it on the beach. First reason...SAVES MONEY....second reason, at the time of year we celebrate our anniversary (May) the beaches are just beautiful! I will be doing the wedding dress and everything, but I've decided on a red one...HEY, it's my wedding I can do this anyway I want to. The reception is going to be at one of the restaurants on the beach as I just don't want to spend a lot of money trying to find someplace to have it. Considering DH and I are honeymooning in Disney once again, that's where the savings comes in. I'm very excited and can't wait til 2005 because that's when I'm going to really get to planning. I was working on my wedding invitations, but may have to change them now as I love the idea for them to be Disney oriented. I'll have to see if I can download some clipart to my Print Shop.
Can't wait to hear from the rest of you on how you were married. If any of you have ideas for DH and I on our renewal vows, speak up please...I'm all ears. My DM and DF are deceased, so I won't have them there, but that's okay because in a manner of speaking they will be there. DH and I have adopted a church DM and DD so there will be a mother of the bride. Want to hear the cool thing, DD is going to walk me down the aisle AND marry DH and I. He's a minister so I've got the best of both worlds!

Love to hear from you,
Denise

 

[Lewski709]

Beautiful garden wedding with 2 in the wedding party. Simple and wonderful....except that it was the hottest day of the year.

 

[Wish Upon A Star]

Our wedding was just a simple wedding . . .

Church that I grew up with and then a reception hall which my sisters and brother had also used for their weddings . . .

What was important to me was not the location but that my family was all together and it was a great time!

I never believed in having my parents put out a lot of $$ for anything . . .

 

[JESW]

DH & I were married by a jp in his parents back yard with only immediate family present. We were 26. He was in school and I was working so we took the next day (monday) off and then went back to our regular lives on tuesday. No "honeymoon" until 6 years later when we went to WDW. Very, very simple...wouldn't have wanted it any other way. I found my dress at jc. penney for $29.95. My sister was my matron of honor and DH's brother was his best man. We all had dinner at a local chinese restaurant afterwards.

Jill

 

[Sonya]

We had a huge wedding on a budget. It was Christmas time and the church was decorated for us already, DH and I paid for much of everthing, my parents helped, my mom made my dress. It was beautiful.

 

[msdznyduck]

Since we got married only a month after getting engaged, we decided a small wedding was what we wanted anyway. Just family and a few close friends.......the church only had aisles on the sides, no center aisle, so we met in front. Reception at my MIL's house (she said it gave her an excuse to get new carpets, and new living room furniture lol). It was really very cozy and heartwarming to have people that really mattered, instead of blowing a lot of money and having "aquaintances" instead of friends there.

We just celebrated our 18th wedding anniv in Oct.

 

[Stepharoonie!]

My wedding was horrible, at least to me.

I really wanted one of those beautiful weddings that all little girls dream of. As I got older, I realized just how expensive that would be. At the time when I was engaged to my now ex, my mom said that a wedding in my hometown would be TOO expensive, as she was a city official and she would have to invite everyone and their brother. So, she opted for a marriage in Vegas. Now, I LOVE Vegas, but I didn't really wanna get married there unless it was a nice ceremony.

It really ended up being a joke.

We were married at Excalibur, and it was a medieval themed wedding. Everyone except for myself was in a medieval themed costume...I had a "real" wedding gown. It was a quick 15 minute ceremony, and as soon as it was done, my FIL started dancing around trying to get us to hurry up with our pictures so we could go eat. He complained we were too slow.

When we were done with the photos, we went to the Roundtable Buffet for dinner. Sigh. No dancing, no toasts, nothing. As we were finishing up our dinner, again my FIL demanded we cut our cake as he had to go to the bathroom and "unload the kids". My entire wedding experience lasted 2 hours, but it was an eternity. I was so depressed! I literally cried for the next few months anytime A Wedding Story came on...a lot of those were simple but beautiful weddings. My was a three ring circus!

It's no wonder my marriage was over after only 3 years. Though, that was just the beginning of the problems

If and when I ever get married again, it's going to be in an honest to goodness church, and it's going to be the way *I* really want it. I'm no Bridezilla, but it was horrible not having the type of wedding that I really, truly wanted!

 

[scarlett873]

DH and i really were originally going to get married in vegas, unil i came across a phenomenal deal for WDW that just couldn't be passed up. we couldn't afford the whole Disney shebang, but we found a nice little chapel there in Kissimmee and were married there. just the 2 of us...it was wonderful!!

 

[preshi]

We ran off to Las Vegas, didn't tell anyone, bought our rings for $80.00 at a pawn shop, got our license and got married at NY, NY hotel

We'll have a big wedding and a nice honeymoon someday Maybe on our 10th anniversary

 

[Blondie]

We got engaged on Valentine's Day 1979 and were married on October 25, 1980.

Had 5 bridesmaids and 5 groomsmen, Catholic mass wedding, 4 hour sit-down dinner reception with a 4 hour open bar.

Back then, to video tape a wedding was somewhat new and rather expensive so we didn't look into it, but how I wish I had!

We originally wanted to honeymoon in the Swiss Alps, but couldn't afford it so we settled for Aspen, Colorado!

 

[caitycaity]

we got married at wdw and had our reception in the living seas vip lounge.

 

[tkd lisa]

We had a traditional church wedding (Methodist Church), with 4 bridesmaids and 4 groomsmen. 2 flower girls, no ring bearer (no boys the right age!)

For our reception, we actually split it into two parts. Many members of my family are STRONGLY anti-drinking. We had cake and punch in the fellowship hall of the church, and those people who wanted to leave, did.

Then everyone changed into comfortable clothes, and we had a picnic. A local restaurant had a shelter house in the back, and we rented it, had 6 foot long subs, deli items from the grocery stores, put out a keg, boxes of wine, and some booze for people to use in mixed drinks. There was a playground and a basketball and volleyball court for the kids. We had a DJ come a little later and we danced on the basketball court.

We paid for the whole thing ourselves, had about 150 people come, and I think the grand total was about $1500 (including my dress).

The only thing I worried about was the weather. It had rained for about 8 days straight before the wedding. DH and I were out covering the picnic tables in the POURING rain on Thursday before the wedding. Luckily, the sun came out Friday, and the restaurant was able to mow the really high grass before Saturday afternoon!

 

[huey duey & luey]

i had the big traditional church wedding followed by a 5 hour reception at a country club, and a honeymoon in Tahiti. I am very lucky as my parents were able to afford the wedding, and we were only responsible for the honeymoon
Tara

 

[CamColt]

Engaged 12/24/94, married 7/22/95...a very hot day.

We had a church wedding at 5:30 on a Saturday, followed by a reception at a hall, with a cocktail hour (we had pictures done then), dinner, and dancing. At midnight when the wedding officially ended we had coffee and pastry put out and the guests were welcome to stay as late as they wanted.
While it wasnt an "official" Disney wedding we had a Mickey/Minnie cake topper, our first dance song was from the Lion King, and we ended our wedding video saying "We're going to Disney World". Then we were off on our Big Red Boat cruise and 5 nights at the Polynesian...which ended with a hurricane.

 

[Mishetta]

Traditional Catholic wedding but small for our family's standards. We only had 150 guests, 6 couples plus the little ones stood up in our wedding. Beautiful reception hall with a grand sit down dinner. Honeymooned at Niagara Falls. (We lived in CA at the time but had our wedding in MI.) We paid for everything except my Mom picked up the flower tab & my IL's contributed their lousy 2 cents.

 

[Laura]

I got married this year in a large Victorian greenhouse with about 70 guests. I wore a traditional wedding dress, fake flowers in my hair, silver shoes and no veil. My bridesmaids wore different black dresses, the groom/groomsmen wore different black tuxes, and the flowers were purple, yellow, white and peach. Our reception was in a student restaurant on campus with a view of the river, and the cake was cheesecake. All of the food was good! We went to Hawaii for the honeymoon. I was looking forward to that more than the wedding day!

 

[disykat]

A Christmastime church wedding with about 150 guests. Just two family members as attendants and cake, punch and Christmas cookies afterwards. Our church was fairly new with no fellowship hall, so it involved moving chairs after the ceremony for the reception. I did have a string quartet playing, which formalized it a bit! I still wouldn't change a thing - except for the snowstorm that weekend (pretty unusual in these parts)! Our big focus was the religious aspects and the music. We were older so it was in our church with lots of our friends - family were the people who traveled to come.

We honeymooned in WDW and the Big Red Boat (before DCL exisited - we did that for our 10th anniversary!).

I have to say our marriage has had it's tough moments through the years (13 years as of the 22nd), but my wedding day truly was the happiest day of my entire life.

 

[RUDisney]

We got married at noon. By 2:00, the pictures had been taken and we went to my parents' house for snacks. The reception was at 5:00 at a country club and went on until almost 11:00. During cocktails and our first course, we were serenaded by 3 strolling minstrels with mandolins who played our favorite Italian music. We got married the weekend after Easter so the church was beautiful with flowers that we didn't have to pay for. About 150 of the 200 invited guests attended. On our way home (we stayed in the house that DH was renting) we were discussing how it would be nice to have a cup of tea before retiring for the night. By the time we got home, we settled for a glass of water. It made for a long and beautiful day.

 

[Princess'Mom2]

Met my DH about 15 months before we got married (he was a blind date set-up). We got married in the livingroom of my condo by the town Mayor. Honeymooned in Vegas (don't ask why we didn't just get married in Vegas - long story). That was 14 wonderful years ago and I would do it again in a second.

Now my stepdaughter is getting married -- she's going for the large church wedding. We've given her a budget and she and her finance are paying for anything above and beyond budget figure.

We're hoping for one last family trip to WDW in the summer of 04 with DH and his girls (me, his daughter and our daughter). Kind of a break from all the wedding planning before the big event.

 

[JetMom]

Another big Catholic Church Wedding. We had our reception at the Elk's Club. Cocktail Hour - Dinner - Open Bar for 175 people. It was great! I heard the food was good, but I was too busy dancing to eat much of it.

I had several people tell me that I was the first bride they ever saw who had fun at her wedding!